"Appendix: Compson", 331 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2018-05-23 15:49
Text: 
"Appendix: Compson"
Location: 
Compson Place in "Appendix: Compson" (Location)
Page Number: 
331
Order within Page: 
3
First 8-10 words of event: 
QUENTIN III. Who loved not his sister's body
Page Event Ends: 
331
Era: 
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present: 
Quentin Compson III
Characters Mentioned: 
Caddy Compson
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Sunday, January 1, 1905 to Tuesday, May 31, 1910
Summary: 

Quentin's section of the genealogy begins by describing his obsessions: with his sister's virginity and the idea of "Compson honor," with morality and "some presbyterian concept" of sin and punishment, and with "death" (331).

Chronological Order: 
27.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Cultural Issues: Honor: Family Honor Cultural Issues: Religion: Sin Emotions: Obsession: Incest Emotions: Obsession: Death
Actions:
Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Love | Moral›Punishment
Cultural Issues:
Religion›Damnation | Religion›Presbyterian | Religion›Sin | Sexuality›Female | Sexuality›Fetishism | Sexuality›Incest | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs:
Appearance›Feminine | Body | Death›Death by water / Drowning | Death›Longing for death | Death›Suicide | Morals›Honor | Psychological›Obsession | Values›Family honor | Values›Honor
Relationships:
Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Biblical›God / Jehovah | Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Recurring Episodes›Quentin's suicide

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